| Number One Albums of 1986 |
DATE
M/D |
Weeks on Top 40 |
Album |
Artist |
Notes |
| 1/25 |
3 |
The Broadway Album |
Barbara Streisand |
|
| 2/15 |
2 |
Promise |
Sade |
|
| 3/1 |
1 |
Welcome To The Real World |
Mr. Mister |
|
| 3/8 |
14 |
Whitney Houston |
Whitney Houston |
Album entered chart at Number 1 |
| 4/26 |
3 |
5150 |
Van Halen |
|
| 7/5 |
2 |
Control |
Janet Jackson |
|
| 7/19 |
1 |
Winner In You |
Patti LaBelle |
|
| 7/26 |
5 |
Top Gun |
Soundtrack |
Album entered chart at Number 1 |
| 8/16 |
5 |
True Blue |
Madonna |
|
| 9/27 |
2 |
Dancing On The Ceiling |
Lionel Richie |
|
| 10/18 |
1 |
Fore! |
Huey Lewis And The News |
|
| 10/25 |
8 |
Slippery When Wet |
Bon Jovi |
Album entered chart at Number 1 |
| 11/1 |
4 |
Third Stage |
Boston |
|
| 11/29 |
7 |
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live / 1975 - 85 |
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band |
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